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Mastercard is expanding card settlement to regulated stablecoins, including USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD, with support across multiple blockchain networks.
$100M allocation for institutional-grade yield via Plume’s regulated vault. Users deposit stables, earn RWA-backed returns.
North Island Ventures leads round for cross-chain router, joined by Ripple, Borderless, Axelar, Ledger, Enso angels. $6B+ volume across 100+ chains.
General availability with 12 bridge providers (Circle, LayerZero, Stargate, Across). Single integration for cross-chain value flows.
21M businesses on Whop now earn yield via Aave on Plasma. Largest embedded DeFi integration to date.
Orchard vulnerability could have minted undetectable counterfeit ZEC, fixed June 2. zcash:native dumped 27%.
Interchain explorer and analytics platform Mintscan now part of Cosmos Hub.
Variant has raised $222 million in a new venture fund, leading at the earliest possible stage and participating in liquid/growth investments as projects mature.
Round backed by Wintermute, Robot Ventures, Big Brain, Cumberland, GSR, Greenfield, Hash3, Bodhi, Kairos.
Keyrock has acquired BlockFills, a firm delivering bespoke end-to-end liquidity and software solutions for institutions.
Kaiko has acquired Amberdata, a digital asset data and analytics provider for crypto markets and institutions.
The episode examines legal and structural challenges in prediction markets, focusing on recent DOJ insider trading cases (Spagnuolo, Van Dijk), regulatory ambiguity between CFTC and state gambling laws, and risks like manipulation, oracle centralization, and national security leaks. It also highlights the scale and future potential of prediction markets.
Institutional adoption of crypto (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, NEAR) takes center stage, with focus on revenue-generating assets, RWA tokenization, and regulatory clarity. Avalanche and NEAR pivot to enterprise/TradFi use cases, while Hyperliquid’s ETF launch and revenue model attract allocators. Scams, AI governance, and banking innovation round out macro themes.
The episode dissects a recent Instagram AI exploit that let attackers hijack high‑profile accounts by tricking Meta’s AI assistant, exposing broader prompt‑injection risks across Meta’s products and highlighting weak 2FA practices. It also covers the White House’s new AI security mandate and forecasts rapid rollout of more powerful frontier models.
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